From comic strips to graphic novels : contributions to the theory and history of graphic narrative / edited by Daniel Stein, Jan-Noël Thon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stein, Daniel, 1975- editor.

Thon, Jan-Noël, editor.

Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic novels--History and criticism.

Graphic novels.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 416 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This essay collection examines the theory and history of graphic narrative as one of the most interesting and versatile forms of storytelling in contemporary media culture. Its contributions test the applicability of narratological concepts to graphic narrative, examine aspects of graphic narrative beyond the 'single work', consider the development of particular narrative strategies within individual genres, and trace the forms and functions of graphic narrative across cultures. Analyzing a wide range of texts, genres, and narrative strategies from both theoretical and historical perspectives, the international group of scholars gathered here offers state-of-the-art research on graphic narrative in the context of an increasingly postclassical and transmedial narratology. This is the revised second edition of From Comic Strips to Graphic Novels, which was originally published in the Narratologia series. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Graphic Narrative and Narratologicai Concepts

Zooming In and Out: Panels, Frames, Sequences, and the Building of Graphic Storyworlds / Silke Horstkotte Horstkotte, Silke 27

Space, Time, and Causality in Graphic Narratives: An Embodied Approach / Karin Kukkonen Kukkonen, Karin 49

Who's Telling the Tale? Authors and Narrators in Graphic Narrative / Jan-Noël Thon Thon, Jan-Noël 67

Subjectivity and Style in Graphic Narratives / Kai Mikkonen Mikkonen, Kai 101

Part II Graphic Narrative Beyond the 'Single Work'

Graphic Memoir: Neither Fact Nor Fiction / Nancy Pedri Pedri, Nancy 127

Superhero Comics and the Authorizing Functions of the Comic Book Paratext / Daniel Stein Stein, Daniel 155

Intermediality, Transmediality, and Graphic Narrative / Gabriele Rippl Rippl, Gabriele, Lukas Etter Etter, Lukas 191

Comics in the Intersecting Histories of the Window, the Frame, and the Panel / Greg M. Smith Smith, Greg M. 219

Part III Genre and Format Histories of Graphic Narrative

A History of the Narrative Comic Strip / Jared Gardner Gardner, Jared 241

Narration in the Flemish Dual Publication System: The Crossover Genre of the Humoristic Adventure / Pascal Lefèvre Lefèvre, Pascal 255

Un/Taming the Beast, or Graphic Novels (Re)Considered / Christina Meyer Meyer, Christina 271

Archival, Ephemeral, and Residual: The Functions of Early Comics in Art Spiegelman's In the Shadow of No Towers / Henry Jenkins Jenkins, Henry 301

Part IV Graphic Narrative Across Cultures

Anglo-American Graphic Narrative / Julia Round Round, Julia 325

European Graphic Narratives: Toward a Cultural and Mediological History / Jan Baetens Baetens, Jan, Steven Surdiacourt Surdiacourt, Steven 347

Ghostly: 'Asian Graphic Narratives,' Nonnonba, and Manga / Jaqueline Berndt Berndt, Jaqueline 363

Graphic Narrative as World Literature / Monika Schmitz-Emans Schmitz-Emans, Monika 385.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110427660

3110427664

Publisher Number:

99970258681

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.